Medina Township’s library runs 14 programs per 1,000 residents, against a typical 9 for libraries its size
Peoria Public Library serves 113,150 people in and around Medina Township. Last year it lent 537K print books and media and logged 293K visits.
What Medina Township’s library is like
Few residents carry a card
Only 16% of the people Peoria Public Library serves have a library card, against a typical 41% for its size. How it compares ↓
Peoria Public Library serves more than Medina Township
The library’s service area covers 113,150 people in and around Medina Township, so its per-resident numbers are measured against that wider population. How it compares ↓
This summary is written from the numbers on this page. Numbers are the library’s own report to the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
What’s behind Medina Township’s civic life grade
On community nonprofits and volunteering, Medina Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns, #258 of 754 in Illinois. Medina Township is graded on two of the three inputs. The share of younger adults in volunteering groups holds the grade up; Medina Township’s count of community nonprofits pulls it down.
Civic life counts registered nonprofits, library visits and online volunteering groups, so it can miss civic life that runs through congregations, mutual aid or neighbors looking out for each other.
Library visits: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024. Nonprofits: IRS Exempt Organizations Business Master File, October 2026. Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. How TownRatings grades civic life →
51 community nonprofits are registered in Medina Township
3.7 per 1,000 residents, against a U.S. town median of 3.7. The largest group: education.
Community nonprofits, by kind
Counted from the IRS list of tax-exempt organizations by mailing address (fractions where a ZIP code spans towns). Congregations are counted apart (8 here), since whether a church registers depends on its denomination, not the town. 2 more name a national or statewide reach and are left out.
8.6%
8.6% of Medina Township’s Facebook users aged 25–44 belong to a volunteering or activism group, against 8.1% in the typical Illinois town and 7.5% nationally.
Volunteering: Social Capital Atlas (Opportunity Insights), from data by Meta Platforms, Inc.; Chetty et al., Nature 2022. ZIP-code figures, weighted by where Medina Township’s residents live; 2022.
Ahead of most similar-size libraries on 5 of 6 measures
Per resident, against libraries serving 100,000+ people across the U.S.
Peoria Public Library serves 113,150 people, so it’s measured against U.S. libraries serving 100,000+.
Every hour the doors are open, about 42 items go out
Fiscal year 2024. The library’s own count.
Books and media off the shelf
537K print loans last year. The library didn’t report its e-book and e-audiobook loans.
The survey has no count of children’s loans for Medina Township’s library in 2024, so there’s no split between adults’ and kids’ borrowing.
Each of the 375K books and other items on the shelves went out about 1.4 time last year, on average.
About 18 kids’ programs a week
Story times, clubs, classes and events, by who they’re for.
Programs last year by age group
story times and programs a week for ages 0–5, on average.
Find it
North Branch Library, 3001 West Grand Parkway, Peoria.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average. Check the library’s own site for today’s hours.
For every $1 it spends, the library lends about $1.36 worth
Set what you’d borrow in a month. It starts at what the average Medina Township cardholder borrows.
Typical for a library this size: $36. Operating budget $7M.
Last year the library lent and hosted about $9.4M worth of books, e-books, programs and Wi-Fi on a $7M budget.
Fine-free. No late fees on books returned late.
Retail prices are typical, rounded down: a new book $17, a kids’ book $12, an e-book or e-audiobook $15, a movie rental $4, a class or program $10, a computer or Wi-Fi session $3. The average cardholder’s month = the library’s yearly loans, attendance and Wi-Fi sessions ÷ its 17,743 cardholders ÷ 12.
Libraries next door
Medina Township ranks 2nd of 4 for borrowing per resident. Tap a town to see its library.
| Town | Library | Loans per resident | Hours | Civic life |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richwoods Township | Peoria Heights Public Library fine-free | 6.2 | 47 | B− |
| Medina Township | North Branch Library fine-free | 4.7 | 48 | B |
| Peoria City Township | Peoria Public Library fine-free | 4.7 | 52 | B− |
| Peoria | Peoria Public Library fine-free | 4.7 | 52 | C+ |
| Spring Bay Township | Spring Bay Branch Library fine-free | — | 12 | C− |
| Radnor Township | Dunlap Public Library District fine-free | — | 48 | A− |
| Chillicothe Township | Chillicothe Public Library District fine-free | — | 56 | A− |
| Hallock Township | None of its own | — | — | C+ |
| Rome | None of its own | — | — | — unincorporated |
| Partridge Township | None of its own | — | — | — under 1,000 residents |
| Kickapoo Township | None of its own | — | — | B |
Loans = print + digital items borrowed in the library’s fiscal year, per person it serves. — = no library of its own, a county or regional system (its numbers cover many towns), or no report. Civic life: — = not graded (unincorporated places, whose nonprofits can’t be placed by mailing address, or towns with fewer than two of the three inputs).
What this data can and can’t tell you
From the Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024.
- Digital loans not reported. Illinois libraries often don’t report e-book loans, so borrowing here is print only.
Hours are the survey’s yearly average; libraries are compared with others serving about as many people. How TownRatings uses library figures →
Questions about the library and civic life in Medina Township
Does Medina Township have a public library?
Yes. Peoria Public Library, 3001 West Grand Parkway, serves 113,150 people in and around Medina Township (the survey’s count) and is open about 48 hours a week, averaged over the year.
Is Peoria Public Library fine-free?
Yes, no late fees (the library’s 2024 survey report).
How busy is Medina Township’s library?
It logged 2.6 visits and lent 4.7 print items per resident in 2024, against a typical 2.1 visits for libraries serving 100,000+ people.
What is Medina Township’s civic life grade?
B Medina Township is ahead of 60% of U.S. towns on civic life, #258 of 754 in Illinois. The grade combines library visits per resident, community nonprofits per 1,000 residents and the share of adults 25–44 in volunteering groups. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.
Book talk
Reading, story times and the library in Medina Township.
Libraries: Institute of Museum and Library Services, Public Libraries Survey, fiscal year 2024. Each library reports its own numbers. Distances are straight-line from the town center. “What your card is worth” uses typical retail prices and is an estimate, not an official figure.